Homemade Beer Bread
Beer Bread
Mix together: (Just use a big bowl and a spoon. No mixer needed!)
1/2 cup sugar (I used sucanat here, a more natural sugar)(You can also use maple syrup)
12 oz beer (if you use dry sweetener like sugar, sucanat, etc add another 1/4 cup liquid – beer or water)
Homemade beer a friend gave us. Yummy.
You want the sugar to dissolve in the beer.
Then mix in:
3 cups flour (this is fresh ground, but use any whole wheat or white)
4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
I buy the good Himalayan salt in bulk and refill this container.
This is what it should look like. It is not at all like regular dough. It’s is more liquidy.
Butter or grease the loaf pan or a 12×12 pan.
Pour and spread batter.
Melt:
1/3 cup butter
Pour over the top of the batter. This makes a great crust!
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes.
Voila’. Serve warm with butter.
Here is the recipe all together so it is easy to read:
Beer Bread
Mix together: (with a bowl and a spoon)
1/2 cup sugar (sugar or maple syrup)
12 oz beer (if you use dry sweetner like sugar, sucanat, etc add another 1/4 cup liquid – beer or water)
You want the sugar to dissolve in the beer.
Mix in:
3 cups flour
4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Butter or grease the loaf pan or a 12×12 pan.
Pour and spread batter.
Melt:
1/3 cup butter
Pour over the top of the batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes. Serve warm with butter.
And here is another version, from another cookbook,
if you have some self-rising flour on hand.
3 cups self rising flour
3 T sugar
1 12 oz can beer
1/2 stick butter (1/4 cup)
Mix all 4 ingredients, pour into greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 45 min. Pour additional butter over bread and bake 15 more minutes. Serve warm with butter.
Amen sister! The other thing I have to remember is not to get offended when he doesn’t like something I have cooked. I guess one can always make up for the lack of gourmet skills in other ways. LOL
So, so very true! Food makes me happy – as it does my family. We are all foodies. I love reading about it and talking about it, cooking it and eating it! Just think of how many of our conversations involve FOOD!
NOW I’m drooling!! That is yummy!
Delicious commentary…very, very wise!!
I like Ebby’s comment…there is another whole topic…FOOD!
LOL!!!
Gina, Ebby, Catherine – You ladies are great! Yes, hard not to get offended. My husband is actually a better intuitive cook than me so I try to learn his tricks. He says “oh just add a little of this, a little of that.” But I have to write it down or it’s gone into the ether. (sp) And yes, food IS another topic.
YES!!! Bring on the recipes!!!
On the “husband” front . . . I agree they actually are pretty simple creatures. I like to add one more item to your list . . . POINTS . . . they like to feel like they are WINNING with their wife. They like know what earns POINTS with you and go after those. If you tell them Flowers makes points, you’ll get flowers. If you say pink — they’ll be pink! So be careful what you ask for . . . they’re simple, literal, lovely creatures.
Jeannine-So true, so true!
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